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📢Joint Press Statement | Standard Bank’s Green Claims Challenged in Formal Advertising Regulatory Board Complaint
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The case raises a critical question: can financial institutions market themselves as champions of sustainability while supporting major fossil fuel infrastructure?
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Read the joint press statement for more: lhr.org.za/lhr-news/joint-pr…
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Lawyers for Human Rights retweeted
The first panel of #PILG2026 is underway! Our first panel, “Interrogating the ‘Anti-Development Narrative’: Development for Who?”
Edward Molopi (@SERI_RightsSA ), Thami Nkosi (CER) and Ezile Madlala (@LHR_SA ) unpack critical questions around development, rights and justice.
ALT Panel at PILG 2026
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Lawyers for Human Rights retweeted
Where does justice begin when the rights of women and girls are systematically taken away?
At the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, Where Justice Lives brings evidence of gender persecution in Afghanistan into public view, creating space to witness, remember, and acknowledge these experiences.
Rina Amira and Mariam Safi invite South Africans to engage with the exhibition and stand in solidarity with Afghan women and girls.
On display until 9 November at @NelsonMandela.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan
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Lawyers for Human Rights retweeted
A Sebokeng grandmother who says she paid for her home in full in 2011 has secured a High Court order directing its transfer into her name after a long-running dispute with her brother-in-law.
Read more here:
conviction.co.za/sebokeng-ti…
#PropertyLaw #TitleDeeds #Eviction #HumanRights #HousingRights @LHR_SA
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📢 Press Statement: LHR Intervenes in Grandmother’s 10-Year Struggle to Secure the Title Deed to the House She Bought
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On 20 October 2026, the Pretoria High Court granted an order directing the Deeds Office to transfer the title deed into her name, following a successful application by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR).
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Read the full press statement on our website: lhr.org.za/lhr-news/press-st…
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After years of hard work as a domestic worker to pay for her home in Sebokeng, Mrs Phakathi spent more than a decade fighting to secure the title deed to the house she had bought and protect her family from losing their home.
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📢The countdown is almost over!
The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG) 2026 takes place on 26 and 27 October at the @WitsUniversity, bringing together Public interest and CSOs to engage on the challenges facing human rights and constitutional democracy in SA.
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Over two days, we will reflect, exchange ideas and strengthen our collective efforts to advance justice, accountability and the rights of all.
The struggle for justice continues. See you at PILG 2026! ✊🏿
Download full programme on our website or here:
lhr.org.za/lhr-resources/202…
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📢 NOTICE: MENTAL WELLNESS DAY
Please note that LHR is observing Mental Wellness Day today to allow our team time to rest and recharge.
We will resume normal operations on Mon, 26 Oct 2026
Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to reconnecting with you next week!
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Lawyers for Human Rights retweeted
On African Human Rights Day, as we mark 40 years of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, civil society calls for action to protect the right to nationality and to #endstatelessness in Africa. 🌍✊🏽
Read our joint statement:
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📢 STATELESSNESS MONTH OF ACTION | TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST STATELESSNESS
What does it take to turn the law into a tool for change when your nationality is denied, your citizenship is questioned, or your community is excluded?
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Featuring speakers from SA, the United States, Malaysia, Germany, Kenya and the Dominican Republic, alongside a Rohingya human rights advocate, the discussion will examine how legal action connects with community organising, advocacy and the pursuit of meaningful accountability.
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Join us today!
🗓️ Date: 20 October 2026
🕓 Time: 16:00 to 17:15 SAST
💻 Format: Online
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Join @LHR_SA ,@NOstatelessness, Global Strategic Litigation Council (GSLC) and @CDHLegal (CDG) for a webinar exploring the experiences of those at the centre of legal action against statelessness.
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